- Date
- February 3, 1968
- Place
- Yellowstone P, WY · YELLOWSTONE P, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8416EBell 47G-3
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112001
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0510 68/2/3 YELLOWSTONE P,WYO BELL 47G-3 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1230 N8416E PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 47, 1837 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 90 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LANDED TO REMOVE ICE FROM BUBBLE.RT SKID BROKE THROUGH SNOW CRUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8416E
- Reported as
- Bell 47G-3
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8416ERegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2018 · Bell 47G-3Airframe modelBell 47G-3Engine modelFranklin 6VS-335 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8416E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.